8-letter words containing m, r
- ammeters — Plural form of ammeter.
- amorally — In an amoral manner; without morals.
- amorance — the state of being in love
- amoretti — a little cupid.
- amoretto — (esp in painting) a small chubby naked boy representing a cupid
- amorists — Plural form of amorist.
- amorphic — Having no defined shape, lacking form; amorphous.
- amortise — amortize
- amortize — In finance, if you amortize a debt, you pay it back in regular payments.
- amourist — Alternative form of amorist.
- amourous — Alternative form of amorous.
- amperage — the magnitude of an electric current measured in amperes, esp the rated current of an electrical component or device
- amphorae — a large two-handled storage jar having an oval body, usually tapering to a point at the base, with a pair of handles extending from immediately below the lip to the shoulder: used chiefly for oil, wine, etc., and, set on a foot, as a commemorative vase awarded the victors in contests such as the Panathenaic games.
- amphoral — relating to or resembling an amphora
- amphoric — resembling the sound produced by blowing into a bottle. Amphoric breath sounds are heard through a stethoscope placed over a cavity in the lung
- amratian — of, relating to, or belonging to the predynastic Chalcolithic culture that flourished in Upper Egypt about 3800 b.c., characterized by the working of raw gold, the use of copper, and the burial of the dead in shallow graves.
- amravati — a town in central India, in NE Maharashtra: cotton centre. Pop: 549 370 (2001)
- amrinone — a potent substance, C 10 H 9 N 3 O, used in the treatment of congestive heart failure.
- amritsar — a city in India, in NW Punjab: centre of the Sikh religion; site of a massacre in 1919 of unarmed supporters of Indian self-government by British troops; in 1984 the Golden Temple, fortified by Sikhs, was attacked by Indian troops with the loss of many Sikh lives. Pop: 975 695 (2001)
- anadrome — A word which forms a different word when spelled backwards.
- anagrams — a word, phrase, or sentence formed from another by rearranging its letters: “Angel” is an anagram of “glean.”.
- aneurism — a permanent cardiac or arterial dilatation usually caused by weakening of the vessel wall.
- aneurysm — a sac formed by abnormal dilation of the weakened wall of a blood vessel
- angstrom — a unit of length equal to 10–10 metre, used principally to express the wavelengths of electromagnetic radiations. It is equivalent to 0.1 nanometre
- animater — animator
- animator — An animator is a person who makes films by means of animation.
- anomeric — (organic chemistry) Of, or pertaining to anomers.
- ansermet — Ernest (ɛrnɛst). 1883–1969, Swiss orchestral conductor; principal conductor of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes
- anteroom — An anteroom is a small room leading into a larger room.
- antiarmy — Opposing an army or armies.
- antigram — One of a pair of anagrams with opposite meanings.
- antimere — a part or organ of a bilaterally or radially symmetrical organism that corresponds to a similar structure on the other side of the axis, such as the right or left limb of a four-legged animal
- any more — If something does not happen or is not true any more or any longer, it has stopped happening or is no longer true.
- aphorism — An aphorism is a short witty sentence which expresses a general truth or comment.
- apterium — a bare patch on the skin of a bird between the feathered pterylae
- apurimac — a river in S Peru, rising in the Andes and flowing northwest into the Urubamba River. Length: about 885 km (550 miles)
- aquafarm — to cultivate fish or shellfish under controlled conditions
- aquarium — An aquarium is a building, often in a zoo, where fish and underwater animals are kept.
- aquiform — Resembling water; watery, liquid.
- ar rimal — Rubʿ al Khali.
- aramaean — of or relating to Aram (the biblical name for ancient Syria)
- aramburu — Pedro Eugenio [pe-th raw e-oo-he-nyaw] /ˈpɛ ðrɔ ˌɛ uˈhɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–70, president of Argentina 1955–58.
- arapaima — a very large primitive freshwater teleost fish, Arapaima gigas, that occurs in tropical South America and can attain a length of 4.5 m (15 ft) and a weight of 200 kg (440 lbs): family Osteoglossidae
- arc lamp — a lamp in which brilliant light is produced by maintaining an arc between two electrodes, used as a spotlight, searchlight, etc.
- arch dam — a dam that is curved in the horizontal plane and usually built of concrete, in which the horizontal thrust is taken by abutments in the sides of a valley. Arch dams must be built on solid rock, as a yielding material would cause a failure
- archaism — the adoption or imitation of something archaic, such as a word or an artistic or literary style
- archmage — A very powerful mage.
- arciform — shaped like an arch
- argemone — any of various plants of the genus Argemone of the family Papaveraceae, which are native to the Americas, have large white or yellow flowers and are covered in prickles
- argentum — silver. Symbol: Ag.